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PARIS - Russian forces have been accused many times of war crimes since they invaded neighbouring Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
Bucha's mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said 280 bodies were buried in mass graves during the fighting, with the number of corpses growing. They include that of the mayor Olga Sukhenko, her husband and their son, who were abducted by Russian troops on 24 March. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on March 30 her office had verified 77 incidents in which medical facilities were damaged, including 50 hospitals, with 10 of the facilities completely destroyed.Bachelet also said her office had received "credible allegations that Russian armed forces have used cluster munitions in populated areas at least 24 times".
Amnesty International blamed cluster bombs for a "stomach-turning" attack on a pre-school on February 25 in the northeastern town of Okhtyrka, in which three people, including a child, were reportedly killed.
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